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Practical guide to GitHub Copilot CLI slash commands, modes, shortcuts, context controls, and TUI workflow habits for agentic coding sessions in 2026. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/07/17/github-copilot-cli-slash-commands-inside-the-session-modes-and-shortcuts
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You shipped a skill that calls an API. The agent uses it, user get results. But how do you know the results are good? How do you know your last change didn't quietly break the happy path, or that switching models won't regress the scenarios you already got right? You need to evaluate. Run your skill through a set of …
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Welcome to the PhpStorm 2026.2 release overview. This version advances PhpStorm as a platform for your preferred coding agents, models, and AI subscriptions, improves PHP and Laravel support, and delivers productivity gains for working with Git repositories, databases, and the built-in terminal. Download PhpStorm …
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On June 9, PHPverse 2026 brought together PHP developers from different backgrounds to watch talks by domain experts, exchange opinions, and even try to catch a running elePHPant. The five-hour live stream has been viewed 15,000 times in total and received 10,206 live chat comments, with over 2,600 people watching …
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We’re excited to announce the general availability of unified manifest support for Word, Excel, PowerPoint Add-ins, in addition to Outlook Add-ins. Unified manifest support first launched for Outlook Add-ins. Now, it extends across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, making it possible to build a single app that works across …
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Pure Virtual C++ 2026 streams Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/pure-virtual-cpp-2026-meet-the-speakers-part-3-modernizing-c
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In this post, we walk through the three pillars that make this possible: simplified setup, smarter retrieval, and production readiness. We also show you code examples for setting up a knowledge base and retrieving from it. Link to article: …
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Learn when to use IOperation Roslyn vs SyntaxNode vs Symbol APIs. Compare the three analysis layers to pick the right one for your C# analyzer in .NET 10. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/07/16/ioperation-vs-syntaxnode-vs-symbol-in-roslyn-choosing-the-right-analysis-api
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This post covers what makes Grok 4.3 a great fit for agentic and enterprise workloads, how you access it through Amazon Bedrock, and how to use the capabilities most teams reach for first: a basic chat request, configurable reasoning effort, tool calling, structured output, image input, and stateful multi-turn …
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Perhaps you have seen SET NOCOUNT ON; at the beginning of a stored procedure and wondered why it is there. By default, SQL Server uses SET NOCOUNT OFF;, which sends messages such as “(10 rows affected) Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/tsql-nocount
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In this edition of From the Captain’s Chair, we’re interviewing Mohammad-Ali A'râbi, author, public speaker, and software engineer. Link to article: https://www.docker.com/blog/from-the-captains-chair-mohammad-ali-arabi/
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We've built a new course to help you navigate the journey when you're the owner of an application built on a legacy .NET framework and it needs to be modernized. The whole concept of modernization is overwhelming! Security updates aren't being issued any longer! Dependencies are out of date because they're not being …
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IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 is here! This version brings updates designed to streamline your workflows and help you confidently adopt the latest innovations across the Java ecosystem. You can download this latest release from our website or update to it directly from inside the IDE, via the free Toolbox App, or using snap …
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Learn how OpenAI is making ChatGPT safer for teens with age-appropriate protections, learning tools, parental controls, and expert partnerships. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/why-teens-deserve-access-safe-ai
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Welcome to an overview of the most important fixes and usability improvements in IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2. This release brings more than 1,300 bug fixes and usability improvements, and it addresses 140 freezes and other performance issues identified through internal diagnostics and user reports. Below is a recap of the …
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In this post, we show you how to build a voice ordering system that answers a phone number and takes the order from greeting to confirmation. The system uses Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to host and run the agent and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic for real-time speech, connected to a restaurant backend through the Model Context …
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With a debugger skill for AI agents, debug profiles for simplified debugger configuration, and support for C++26 reflection. CLion 2026.2 is now available. This latest version of the JetBrains IDE for C and C++ includes the following key features: You can download CLion 2026.2 from the link below, via the Toolbox App, …
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Recently, a customer building servers with the Azure Functions Model Context Protocol (MCP) extension reached out and asked: How do I handle tools that take longer than the client is willing to wait? This becomes especially relevant when tool calls move beyond simple request/response into multi-step workflows and …
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DataGrip 2026.2, the second major update of the year, is here! Let’s take a look at what’s inside. AI This release introduces three AI agent skills for working with databases: database-tools, database-connection-management, and database-text-to-sql. Together, they let AI agents explore and query connected databases, …
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WebStorm 2026.2 is now available! If you work on a large TypeScript codebase, this release is a meaningful upgrade. TypeScript 7 support ships out of the box for projects already using it, delivering faster type checking without requiring full project migration. GitHub Copilot is now natively integrated – with no …
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